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CRATE.

No. 519,222. Patented May 1, 1894.

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SPECIFICATl[(`)l\l'` forming part of Letters PatentNo. 519,222, dated May 1, 1894.

. Application. filed February 20. 1894. Serial No. 500.900. (No model.) i

To @ZZ whom# may concern:

Be it known thatl, HARVEY ALLEN, a citi- .zen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, 1n the county of` Norfolk, State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crates, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in crates, baskets and the like designed for the shipment of fruits,

vegetables and other articles where itis de` s ired to provide acertainamount of ventila` tion and yet have the receptacle secure against depredation.

It has for its objects among others to provide a simpleand cheapcrate or basket which shall be durable and strong and the manufacture of which shall consume butlittle material and much of that being what might otherwise be Waste. The receptacle, in whatever form it `may be made, embodies a bot` tom, a plurality of hoops arranged at any desired distance apart, and vertical stays also arranged at any required distance apart, ac-

`cordin g to the character of the receptacle and y the use to which it is to be put, the stays belng arranged in pairs upon the inside and outside of the receptacle, those upon the inside extending to the top edge of the upper 4hoop while those upon the outside terminate ata distance from the said top edge to permit of the application of a removable hoop designed to hold a cloth over the contents of the receptacle;` the top hoop is preferably arranged in a vertical plane so as to allow of the'removable cloth-binding hoop being more easily applied, than Were the said hoop inclined the saine as the other hoops of thereceptacle. i

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear andthe novel features thereof will be specifically defined by theappended claims.

The invention is clearlyillustrated inthe accompanying drawings, which,-with the letof reference marked thereon, `form apart of this specification, and in which--VL y Figure l is a perspective View of a barrel constructed in accordance with my invention.

` Fig. 2 is a substantially central vertical sec- Like letters of reference indicate like parts y throughout the several views.

Y In carrying out my invent-ionI take a bottom A of one or more pieces, it matters not, and-tothis bottom I secure the bottom hoop B in any suitable manner. To the inner face of this bottom hoop I secure a band or hoop a as shownin Fig. 2 upon `whichthe bottom A rests as is lshown in` said Fig. 2.

`C are the inner vertical stayswhich extend from the bottom A to thetop of the barrel or basket as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. y D are the outerV vertical` stays. extending from the lower edge of the bottom hoop B to within a short distance ofthe upper edge of the barrel or basket as seen in Figs. l and 2. The inner and outer stays are preferably arranged opposite to each other as seen in Fig. 3 but they may be otherwise arranged if found `more expedient. r

`E are the hoops which may be arranged any suitable distance apart according to the amount of `vent required in the receptacle, and these hoops areplacedbetween the inner and outer stays and there held in any suitable manner, as by nails or other devices or means d which pass preferably through the inner and outer stays and the hoops, although theymay be driven from both the inside and the outside of the receptacle `into the hoops.

The topihoop `F in thebarrel shown in Fig. l is arranged with its outer surface in a vertical plane as is clearly shown so as to better receive the removable hoop Gwhich is designed to be slipped over` the upper edge thereof to retain a cloth or other cover in place over the contents of the barrel. When forced down this hoop G may rest upon the upper ends of the outer stays D as seen in Fig.`2. Instead of having the outer surface of the top hoop F in a vertical plane for its entire width it may sometimes be constructed with a vertical surface for the width of the hoop G only as seen :in Fig. 2, the `end attained is practically the same. The diameter of the hoop G is s o proportioned to that of the upper hoop F that when the cloth His placed in position some force will be required y to drive on the said hoop G so that when it IOC is in position it will not become accidentally displaced.

vThe stays C and D may be of any suitable width and there may be more or less of them as thestrength of the receptaclel may require.

What I claim as new is v l. A crate composed of a bottom, hoops arranged at a distance apart and vertical stays upon opposite sides of said hoops, the outer stays terminating at a distance from the upper f edge of the top hoop, substantially as specied.

2. A crate composed of abottom, hoops arranged at a distance apart and vertical stays in pairs, the inner ones extending to the top edge of the upper hoop and the outer ones HARVEY ALLEN.

Witnesses:

TIBERroUs G. J. CHURCH, WILLIAM N. BELLE. 

